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Monday, June 28

Color Incorporated Standout Mount Give-Away!!! - Closed!

The giveaway is closed and I will be posting the winner on Thursday!!!

See my new Color Incorporated DigitalProLabStandout Mount below? I LOVE it! I agonized about what image I should have printed and finally settled on this one. I love this photo. It was taken last spring and it is an image of my boys playing in the hay field. With all of the stress I have been going on in the last week with my computer woes, looking at this image on my wall instantly relaxes me.

I ordered the 30x20 Black Standout Mount. You can see how nicely the edges are finished.

I had them add the Embassy Texture (a combo of their linen and pebble textures) and it really is beautiful. You can see it in the image below.

The back is completely finished with 4 holes, ready for hanging.

Ordering was so easy using ColorInc Roes and shipping was free and very fast. I am 100% satisfied and now trying to figure out other images I want to have printed this way. If only picking my favorite images was as easy as ordering from ColorInc...

If you haven't ordered from ColorInc yet you should try them out. They have a special promotion for 50% off your first order, 20% off your next ten orders (see ad and coupon code on top of my blog). You can also request five free 5x7's to make sure your monitor is calibrated correctly before placing any orders.

ColorInc's customer service is topnotch, and shipping is incredibly fast (and free in most cases). And their products are stunning. I am really proud to have them as a sponser of my blog. Make sure you join their Facebook Fan Page so you can catch all of the specials they are always posting there!

Now, for the giveaway! ColorInc is offering a free 16x20 Standout Mount (white or black) to one of my readers. To enter, simply comment below about your favorite CoffeeShop action, and ways it could be improved (if you think it needs updating). Please be sure to leave your email address so I can contact you if you are the winner! Please enter only once. The giveaway will be closed Wednesday, June 30th, 11PM central time. Hopefully by then I will have a working computer at home!

i LOVE that picture. perfect for the wall. i love all of your wonderful actions even if i am totally actionally challenged and have only managed to download one of your actions in the past and i don't know how i did it. i know, "what a dork" huh?? ;D

maybe someday i will figure it out....i love the golden light looking actions. those are my favorites.

Right now I'm digging the storyboard actions...the only thing I don't like (though this could be a me thing and not an action thing)is that when I open the photos to put in the template, it opens it full size and usually the photo is huge so it takes a bit to rearrange and make it not contort weirdly. I wish it would open at 50% or 25% of the original size and let me go from there.

Other than that, LOVE LOVE LOVE this website :) And would pph a canvas!!

Beautiful! I believe I would have a hard time deciding what image I wanted on a standout mount ~ but I'm willing to take that chance. :)

As far as my favorite CoffeeShop action...I'm not sure if this would quality, but I have just begun to dabble in Lightroom and I LOVE your ACR/Lightroom Scorched Honey preset! I believe the only thing you could improve on that is make it available as a PS or PSE action so others could enjoy as well.

I would love to try out ColorInc and win this giveaway! Thanks for offering it. My fav action, well, one of my favorites, is Simply Vintage, it is perfect, and I can tweak it just how I like it, so no update needed for me :) My email is gilbert dot jess at gmail dot com.

Perfect Portrait is my favorite!! I use it on every portrait I do! The only thing that I can think of to make it better might be to add a third choice in color pop...maybe something a little softer or hazier??! It really is perfect the way it is! Thank you and good luck with your new computer!

I love so many of your actions its hard to choose my favorite, but I would have to say I use the perfect portrait the most right now so we will go with that one.Thanks Melissa mkraemerphotography@gmail.com

I love the Butterscotch Vintage. It is one of very few vintage-actions I like - and this one I love!! I used it last in a serie of pictures of an old russian car (for kids) and the effect was so great!!

Well I love so many of your actions, especially all the great vintage ones... but if I have to pick one, I love Sun Kissed. It's great and so customizable. I don't know if I would do anything to change it. I would love to see more actions like it to add that "dreamy" factor photos.Thanks for creating such fab actions!!

I use the perfect portrait action a lot. Even for images that don't necessarily need all of it (I just delete the hidden layers). I really like it. After running that I often add other actions like the antique or tea party ones. Thanks so much for such a great action. I really appreciate it!

I just found your blog about a week ago but am loving using all the new actions. I think so far my favorite is the sunkissed one. I love the beach and anything outdoors. This one will come in handy!! Sunkissedseashore@gmail.com

Rita, I have recently fallen in LOVE with Standout Mounts and they are a favorite among my customers. I'm going to check out ColorInc too, as it's always great to compare printers.

I am a frequent user of your actions, and I think my favorite has to be the Dodge/Burn action. I use it ALL the time. Close second would be the Vivid [which I've used MANY times] and the Baby Powder Room. Those have been magic for my photos!

No suggestions on making them better - they are fabulous in my mind! You truly have given so many of us a gift with your actions and tutorials.

My favorite action is Creamy Chocolate B&W! I love this action because my little ones are Black and the Creamy Chocolate smooths their skin and brings out the richness! I would like a bit of variation in the chocolate because their skin tones are different :) but if you don't make any changes I am still happy as a clam with it!

I have two...Butterscotch and Attic Vintage, although I love them all and use them frequently. You are so wonderful to share your creativity with us! Thanks so much and I hope your computer woes are behind you!

What a great shot, such a magical feel to it. Great choice! I've got a canvas mount of one of my favorite shots (a single fuschia bloom on a jet black background) hanging on my wall - makes me smile every time I see it too.

My favorite action? Probably Urban Grit, though Butterscotch is a close second. Love 'em. Thank you so much for all that you do, and I hope your computer woes are soon behind you (with data intact!).

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I absolutely ADORE your PowderRoom2 action!! I use it for almost ALL my photographs. I do wish it had a "remove skin redness" step. I've had a few teens/adults that have skin redness due to acne. However, I've learned to adjust in other ways but adding something like that to this action would make it fabulous!!

My favorite of your freebies is actually the storyboards! They are so fun :D I really enjoy the chocolate B&W, too... I usually hide the B&W layer and adjust some things because I like the chocolate effect on color photos. If there an action for that? If not there should be!

The one I am using most lately is Layer Mask for Elements. I don't even know how to make a layer mask otherwise. (I don't think you can in PSE unless it's hue/saturation or something like that.) Oh well! Love your work. I think I have to try that golden vintage!

I use Perfect Portrait ALL the time! It's so awesome! I was going to say to just make the Urban Grit a separate action, but you just did that. Nice job and thanks for all you do!missynshawn(at)hotmail(dot)com

Oh, that photo of your boys is so dreamy. I'd love to have something like that of my kids on the wall. Here's hoping I can do it for free! lol

The two actions I use most are Perfect Portrait and Powder Room 2. I don't use Perfect Portrait as much anymore because on some photos it's just too much of an initial change and I can't remove or lessen all of the intensity. Changing some of the layers helps but not always. I use PR2 more now since I've started using Lightroom to make most of my initial adjustments and Powder room adds that perfect look to each sweet little face I'm working on. Thanks so much!

I use a lot of your actions and I use them often. That said, I think my favorite at the moment has to be Sweet Bakery Glazes II. The vanilla glaze is awesome when editing wedding photos. Love it, love it, love it!!

What a beautiful photo, and I can imagine that it would look wonderful decorating a living room.

Seriously, though, I have to pick ONE of your actions as my favorite?!? Gosh, I love them all... I'm going to go with Butterscotch Vintage. It gives me that vintage feel that I love without looking too antique. It's airy and fresh.

I just recently found your website and I LOVE all your actions!! Thank you so much for your sweetness in offering these to us for free. I just used Joann's tea party and I loved it!! Cannot wait to try more!!

First of all many thanks for all the actions you've given me!!! So hard to choose just one. But I do find myself using Little Perk. It gives my photos...just the little perk it needs. Thanks for the chance to win!! Crossing my fingers and toes.

Ooh do I have to pick only ONE?? Lol. I love the rounded corners. I use it ALL THE TIME for pix on my blog. I also love your color block action and your perfect portrait. Just love love love this site so much. Your work is amazing! A joy coming to your site!

I love, love, love Perfect Portrait! I love everything you do and the fact you do it for free! You are a gifted woman! I don't know how you find the time, being a wife, mother and managing this blog! I've tried starting a blog and have not gotten too far and it's given me a whole new respect for what you do! You are amazing and a constant source of inspiration.

I have not bought PSE yet but I can't wait to try your actions. I hear tons of good things about them. I have hear a lot of people say that they are as good and sometimes better than actions they paid for.

I LOVE, LOVE Creamy Toffee Latte! I use it on a ton of my baby pics! softens them up and brightens! And great on nature pics also! And I love my new "logo" watermark- thanks to your action! THANKS!!!mzzmelissa@yahoo.com

Wow, choosing a favorite action of yours is tough!!! One of my favorites would have to be Perfect Portrait. I use it all the time. Thanks so much for your time and effort and for the great giveaway! :)

Many of your actions are favorites, but I can't think of any that need updating. I would love to see the LR presets available as actions though for PS. Thanks for all you do! :)vivo_01[at]hotmail[dot]com

The quality on Color Inc's Standout Mount looks awesome! It's great to hear about a high quality product and company like this! For sure I'll look into them the next time I'm getting ready for a show. :)My very favorite action is the CoffeeShop Denim. I've never been able to do this before (bringing out a selected color) before, unless I took hours doing it all by hand (and I've done it that way.. ugh!). I'd love if there were the same easy action for other colors.. like a red one and a green one. I'm sure there's a way to do it but I'm not very good with photoshop and haven't been able to figure it out. (even using the selective color one).Love your website!

Hi! I'm not a pro, just someone who is learning and loving photography, but I'm totally obsessed with your PSE actions (and blog) and have downloaded (and tried out) most of them. my FAVORITE is SUN KISSED. I just love using that sun flare....It would be cool if it could be in black and white...maybe it can be done and I just don't know how to do it. I've tried running a b&w action after the sun kissed action but it doesn't look right... I think it would look awesome to have a sun flare in a black and white photo! thank you so much for offering all of these free goodies!!

My absolute favorite is Butterscotch Vintage!!! I love how it gives skin tones such a rich look...I use it constantly on portraits...no improvements needed that I can see!....and what a perfect photo to choose for your standout~

I have downloaded and used ALL your actions. Thank you for making my images better! The one I use for all my images, whether they are portraits or landscapes, is the perfect portrait action. What I would change or improve on….NOTHING! Take a look at my Flickr page to see how your actions have helped my images http://www.flickr.com/photos/letamendi/. –This is the picture I would choose to mount if I win the Color Inc's Standout Mount http://www.flickr.com/photos/letamendi/4093276969/ My email address is L_M_RAMOS@YAHOO.COM

My very favorite Coffeeshop action in POWDERROOM!!!I use it on almost every single portrait I take! hanks for the chance to win and for all the amazing free actions!~Ambrosia Clarkamberclark1@hotmail.com

Not sure if they ship to Canada but if they do then my vote for a favourite action is perfect portrait! I would have suggested that you make Urban Grit a stand-alone action but since you just did that then it's all perfect!!

I would say rounded corners is my favorite because I always forget how to achieve this look and having an action means I don't have to "google" it on those occasions when I want to round corners. Thanks for all the freebies and the great blog. Good luck with your computer purchase and file recovery.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE AWESOME GIVEAWAY! I LOVE EVERYTHING YOU DO! SO WONDERFUL TO FIND NEW GOODIES ALL THE TIME. MY FAVORITE IS PERFECT PORTRAIT AND ROUNDED CORNERS. THE ONLY IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTION (WHICH MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE) IS FOR THE ACTION NOT TO CREATE A SECOND PHOTO... KINDA CONFUSING FOR US NEWBIES ;)

I love so many of your actions, but the one I use the most has been eye bright. I use it on almost every portrait and it really makes a difference. Thank you for all the work you've put into your site and developing your actions. I have definitely taken advantage of them!

I love, love, love and never edit any picture without, powderroom and baby powderroom, the bright eye enhancemant and also the skin smoothing, I haven't found another action (I have bought some) that even comes close the results. I still find it hard to believe that all your amazing actions are free. Thanks so much!!

Oh my goodness! I have to choose a favorite?! I love Honey Retro and Butterscotch Vintage. I don't think I would change a thing. I have to tell you I have paid for MANY actions and I have a ton of them on my PC and my PSE stays on my CoffeeShop folder all the time! I love all your actions! I can't believe they are free! Thanks so much!crazywkids@gmail.com

I love all of your actions and I have all of them. If I had to choose...it would probably be sun kissed or perfect portrait, and definately all of the vintage actions. I would love to seea more washed out vintage action.oglesbyshannon32@yahoo.com

HI, I love your sunkissed!! It gives it the summer and fall feeling. I dont think I would change anything about it. I love I have the choice between the light/sun/rays. You do a wonderful job and I love your actions! dubreephotgraphy@hotmail.comEdith Dubree

I love all the actions, but I think the one I use the most is the layer mask, followed closely by baby powderroom 2. Thanks so much for giving away all these great actions!! They're lifesavers for us PSE users!

I would have to say that on a day to day basis of editing photos that the perfect portrait is definitely the asset action to use! But when you're wanting a little 'something special', I love your newer Urban Grit action. I get a little giddy when editing with your actions! :-)

The best action I've ever used is your Honey Retro action. Besides the great vintage look, I love the fact that it opens a new image which is very convenient. I love that I can adjust it to every picture I apply it to. And by going through step by step with the action, I've dialed in my own vintage treatments.

My favorites are Perfect Portrait and Splendor B&W. Since I am just getting into portrait photography, I have found that Perfect Portrait helps me get the look that I am going for, and my wife LOVES her headshot.

Thanks for all you do Rita-

John SturgisJohn@JohnSturgisPhotography.comwww.johnsturgisphotography.blogspot.com

I just got married, and I would LOVE to get a standout of one my wedding pictures!

My favorite action would have to be... well, is all of them a fair answer? If we were going by the ones I use the most it would have to be perfect portrait or s-curve pop. I'm seriously a huge fan of all of your actions though--you helped me learn Photoshop!

It's not easy to pick just one, I love them ALL!! But, if I have to pick the one I use the most it would be perfect portrait or eye bright. I would not change anything they work just fine for me :)) I'm opening my studio for the first time soooo I would love to have this standout mount to go in it !!!griffin205@hotmail.com

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